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Identification of the novel candidate genes and variants in boar liver tissues with divergent skatole levels using RNA deep sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Gunawan Asep, Sahadevan Sudeep, Cinar Mehmet Ulas, Neuhoff Christiane, Große-Brinkhaus Christine, Frieden Luc, Tesfaye Dawit, Tholen Ernst, Looft Christian, Wondim Dessie Salilew, Hölker Michael, Schellander Karl, Uddin Muhammad Jasim
Abstract excerpt
Boar taint is the unpleasant odour of meat derived from non-castrated male pigs, caused by the accumulation of androstenone and skatole in fat. Skatole is a tryptophan metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria in gut and catabolised in liver. Since boar taint affects consumer's preference, the aim of this study was to perform transcriptome profiling in liver of boars with divergent skatole levels in backfat by...
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